Seeing pedestrians at night: Visual clutter does not mask biological motion

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 506-512

  Tyrrell, Richard A ^a   Wood, Joanne M ^b   Chaparro, Alex ^c   Carberry, Trent P ^b   Chu, Byoung Sun ^b   Marszalek, Ralph P ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspicuity; Night driving; Pedestrian; Visibility

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MOTIONS; CONSPICUITY; DRIVER AGES; NIGHT DRIVING; OLDER DRIVERS; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN MOTIONS; RETROREFLECTIVE MARKINGS; VISUAL CLUTTERS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; VISIBILITY;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARKNESS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REACTION TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARKNESS; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REACTION TIME; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849088678     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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